Construction of LTE network starts at Utrecht Science Park

This week saw the start of construction of a 4G mobile (LTE) pilot network at the Utrecht Science Park.

SURFnet and KPN agreed in October to carry out joint research on better integration of mobile networks on the Internet. Construction of the new network is provided for by that agreement.

With one or more partners at the Utrecht Science Park, SURFnet and KPN will be running a pilot project in 2012 to gain knowledge and experience of the possibilities opened up by new “fourth-generation” (4G) mobile networks. Details of the project are expected to become available early in 2012.

The project will involve linking KPN's mobile broadband infrastructure as smoothly as possible both to SURFnet’s network infrastructure (based on eduroam authentication) and to the WiFi networks of the participating institutions. According to SURFnet and KPN, the project will allow them to gain the knowledge and experience that they need to use new mobile networks in education and research.

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